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Event
Introducing Mr. Wilde: Work is the Curse of the Drinking Classes
Oscar Wilde once remarked that he had put his genius into his life and only his talent into his work. And Neil Titleys sympathetic one-man show WORK IS THE CURSE OF THE DRINKING CLASSES, proves that for once the familiarly flip Wilde aphorism contains more than a grain of truth.Great success and public approval were brutally followed by disgrace, downfall and the kind of weary self-knowledge which suffering seems to bring. Remarkably, Titley manages to touch on all these facets of Wilde. He has based it on the writers letters and essays and set in Paris in 1898, two years before the exiles death. Naturally the bon mots and withering judgments are there in plenty - The world is a stage but the play is badly cast among them - but so too is the fatigue and sadness of a figure much more sinned against than sinning. Titley balances Wildes almost dutiful humour with an unsentimental portrayal of his suffering in Reading jail, his bitter perception of mans inhumanity to man. He also captures his characters dignity in despair and the comedy makes the heartbreak of Wildes life even more poignant. It is a most moving effect, and ironically one which Wilde rarely achieved in his own work.
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LocationRed Sandcastle Theatre (View)
922 Queen Street East
Toronto, ON M4M 2M7
Canada
Categories
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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Contact
| Owner: The Wilde Festival |
| On BPT Since: Dec 12, 2016 |
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| Work is the Curse of the Working Classes |
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